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Blackeye Thicklip
Hemigymnus melapterus
Blackeye Thicklip is a reef-associated wrasse found on tropical Indo-Pacific reefs. It forages in mixed algal and invertebrate prey along coral and rubble, and is more of a food/forage species than a common sport target.
Blackfin Barracuda
Sphyraena qenie
Blackfin barracuda is a large, streamlined predatory fish of Indo-Pacific reefs and offshore slopes. It is mostly a solitary ambush hunter, feeding on smaller fish and occasionally cephalopods, and is valued more as a game fish than a table fish.
Blacklip Butterflyfish
Chaetodon kleinii
Blacklip Butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii) is a reef-associated butterflyfish found across the Indo-Pacific, often around coral and rocky reefs, lagoons, and seaward slopes. It feeds on small benthic invertebrates, especially coral polyps, worms, and crustaceans.
Blacksaddle Goatfish
Parupeneus spilurus
A small Indo-Pacific goatfish associated with reef and lagoon habitats, where it forages over sand and rubble. Like other goatfishes, it uses chin barbels to probe the bottom for buried prey.
Blacksaddle Toby
Canthigaster valentini
The blacksaddle toby is a small, venomless pufferfish found on Indo-Pacific coral reefs and lagoons. It commonly occurs in shallow tropical waters where it grazes on benthic invertebrates and algae, and it can inflate when threatened.
Blackspot Sergeant
Abudefduf sordidus
Blackspot Sergeant is a reef-associated damselfish found in warm Indo-Pacific waters. It lives in shallow coastal reefs and surge channels, where it feeds mainly on algae and small benthic invertebrates.
Blackspot Snapper
Lutjanus fulviflamma
Blackspot Snapper is a reef-associated lutjanid found across the Indo-West Pacific, especially around coastal reefs, lagoons, and deeper reef slopes. It is a predatory snapper that feeds mainly on fishes and crustaceans and is taken by anglers in tropical saltwater fisheries.
Blackspotted Puffer
Arothron nigropunctatus
A large Indo-Pacific reef puffer with a bluish to gray body covered in black spots and a beak-like mouth. It is common around coral and rocky reefs, where it grazes on hard-shelled invertebrates and algae.
Blackspotted Wrasse
Austrolabrus maculatus
A small wrasse with limited published life-history detail in many reference sets. Blackspotted Wrasse (Austrolabrus maculatus) is a coastal marine species associated with reef and algal habitats in temperate waters, where it forages close to structure.
Blacktail Snapper
Lutjanus fulvus
Blacktail Snapper (Lutjanus fulvus) is a reef-associated snapper from the Indo-Pacific, usually found in shallow coastal waters and around coral reefs. It feeds mainly at night on small fishes, crustaceans, and other benthic prey.
Blackthroat Threefin
Helcogramma decurrens
Blackthroat Threefin (Helcogramma decurrens) is a small reef-associated triplefin reported from tropical Indo-Pacific locality records. It inhabits shallow coastal hard-bottom areas where it stays close to rock and coral surfaces and feeds on tiny drifting and benthic invertebrates.
Blacktip Grouper
Epinephelus fasciatus
Blacktip Grouper (Epinephelus fasciatus) is a small serranid reef fish found on tropical and subtropical rocky and coral reefs. It is an ambush predator that shelters in crevices by day and feeds on small fishes and crustaceans, especially around steep reef drop-offs and rubble.